Hardstyle

urrently, the scene is booming in various countries around the world besides being popular in the founding countries. Notable scenes include those in United States,Netherland, Israel, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Estonia, Denmark, South Africa and the United Kingdom - notably Scotland and Wales . It is also popular in Australia and Malaysia where hardstyle is popular due to the Melbourne Shuffle, also known as shuffling.

Currently the Hardstyle Category is split into the following subcategories:

* Dutch Hardstyle - Typically harder and darker than other hardstyle, mostly known for its hard off-beat reverse bass line, wicked kicks, dirty vocals and soft synths.
* Italian Hardstyle - More serious, usually has a bigger melodic breakdown and typically 'gangsta'-themed lyrics. The synths are much harder than dutch hardstyle.
* Spanish Hardstyle - Faster BPM, with softer basslines, and more anthem-like melodies. It sounds close to happy-hardcore.
* Nu-Style - Usually a softer bass line then normal hardstyle, mashed out with samples and lower use of reverse bass and/or reverb.The kick is filterd and distorted to create a grungey overdriven bass drive. Many of hardstyle's biggest DJs, especially those from Holland, have evolved into Nu-Style.

Zany
Headhutnerz
Pavo
NoiseControllers
The Prophet
Zatox
Activator
Tatanka
Donkey Rollers
Builder
Southstylers
Showtek
Dana

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The Melbourne Shuffle is a dance style which began in the late 1980s in the Melbourne, Australia underground dance scene. The basic movements of the dance are very quick heel-to-toe action moves performed to an electronic expedient beat. In later variations of the dance, rapid arm swings and movements have been added to the list of steps. Other dancers have even added 360 degree spins to their list of moves. The dance also utilizes a large amount of gliding and sliding.

Classical ballet is the other main dance stream in dance classes. Melbourne has all the major dance universities and colleges of Australia, the Australian Ballet was founded in and is still based Melbourne. So dancers from around the country moved to Melbourne for dance studies. They also loved dance parties, as you would expect.

Most girls in Melbourne attended recreational dance classes from when they were 6 years old. It was as common as kids playing sports in Melbourne.

Celtic dance is the basis for tap dance and was introduced into New York by Irish immigrants in the 1800's. Tap is part of the standard repertoire of dance classes, especially Shirley Temple styled tap for younger dancers.

At its roots, the Melbourne Shuffle was performed to Techno music, but as the time progressed the dance moved to trance and house musical styles. The dance held some popularity in the mid to late 1990s and gained exposure by having documentary footage filmed about the dance. The burst in popularity, though, did not begin until 2006 when international dancers shot video of the dance and posted it on YouTube.

Today known as "stomping" to the Melbourne locals, the name "Melbourne shuffle" has been derived from overseas DJs, party goers, visitors and the media trying to describe this phenomenon. The Age referred to it as looking like "a cross between the chicken dance and a foot stomping robot" to the untrained eye, but locals have simply called it the "shuffle" since 1992.

Some dancers sprinkle talcum powder on the floor beneath their feet or put duct tape on the base of their shoes to help them glide more easily, some including 360 degree spins or jumps into their moves.